I have a 2004 Chevy silverado 1500 with a 5.3. It recently started making a hissing noise or kind of a sucking air noise coming from the drivers side of the engine like by the intake when you press the accelerator. I just got the intake gasket changed still didn't fix it does anybody know what this could be?
If I had to take a shot in the dark I would lean towards a vacuum hose leaking, or something similar to that. Is your truck throwing any DTC's, is it worse under load than just reving it in park?
I want no whistle lol because mine doesn't sound good. How do u post a video? And it's throwing no codes at all and it's pretty much the same either under load and in park all you have to do is give it a tap
It does sound like a vacuum leak, there are methods for checking these. Depending on where, you can spray starter fluid in there and see if the motor roms change... Video: use your iphone, record video, upload to youtube, share the url here...
Does sound like a vacuum leak. if you cant find it try looking up a DIY Vacuum leak fix. If you can find a certain hose and a lit cigar you will be able to find the leak. You essentially just blow smoke into a certain hose and it will come out (IF its a vacuum hose thats blowing air) if it's sucking air it's going to be hit and miss trying to find it.
Get a rubber hose (bout 2-3 feet long & about 1/4 inch in diameter. It can be flimsy if you want, stiff hoses tend to be hard to use), cup your fist around one end and put your ear to it. The other end put it around the area where the whistle might be coming from. Near the fan will be hard to tell, but it will sound loud and kinda like the ocean. You should hear the sound the same time you hear the RPM go up since that when it is mostly noticeable.
Maybe your intakes gasket is faulty and is letting air in. Check your plugs and see if it's running lean. If it is then I'd say you might have to have part of the top end taken off to replace the gasket. http://www.ehow.com/list_6456539_signs- ... asket.html It won't be good to leave it like it is, with extra air getting in it may hydro lock the engine.
That really bothers me and i'm not even driving it! I've never heard of this happening before. But it's definitely a sucking noise? Not coming from your pulley system?
Njust got my wife to step on the gas and the whistle is coming from the throttle body. It does it when instep on the gas and the blade opens. What could that be
An easy fix lol Just take off your intake arm and there should be a couple torx screws holding in the blade. Check to see if its loose then take it off and get some carb cleaner and spray it down and clean it real well then spray some on a rag that won't leave debris behind and wipe down the inside real good. then when you go to put the arm back on put a tiny tiny bit of oil on the rubber to help seal it better. That should fix it
And even more wEird if you put it I'm drive the truck will take off. It slowly speeds up and will keep increasing in speed and shifting into seco gear and then into third gear as if I was accelerating. WTH?!?!?!?
You definitely have a leak somewhere. The more air it sucks in the faster the engine will spin. makes sure its all the air arm is fully connected and while the truck is running put pressure on the air arm and see if it stops. Did you make sure the blade was turns in the same direction that it came off?
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